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Academic Success Center (Donnie Tran - Coordinator)
Room L-101
Mon - Thu:
9:00am - 6:00pm
Friday 9 am-1 pm, Closed on the Weekend
Fall 2024
Academic Success Center
We provide free tutoring to SDCCD students. We are here to help you develop the skills needed to succeed in your academic journey. We look forward to working with you soon!
Find out about our fall 2024 tutoring services in the tabs below. Let us know how we can support you!
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We offer free in-person tutoring:
- Academic Success Center, Room L-101
- Contact: (619) 388-7852
- Dates of Operation: August 19th to December 16th, Monday through Friday
- Hours of Operation: 9 am-6 pm, Monday-Thursday; 9 am-1 pm, Friday
- ATTENTION: Closed on the weekend
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There are study rooms and tables for individual or group use. There are tables, chairs, and dry erase boards and markers in the study rooms. You can access anatomy models, microscopes, and textbooks. You can use these resources on a drop-in basis. There is also a pay-for-print service for copies.
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You can drop in or make an appointment by calling (619) 388-7852. The tutor availability is on myWCOnline.
- Math Support, in the Math Lab, Room M-210
- Contact: (619) 388-7141
- Dates of Operation: August 19th to December 16th, Monday through Friday
- Hours of Operation: 9 am-6 pm, Monday-Thursday; 9 am-1 pm, Friday
- ATTENTION: Closed on the weekend
- Math support is provided on a drop-in basis. Independent learning, collaboration space, computers, and printing. The tutor availability is on myWCOnline.
- Writing, English, and Grammar Support, in the Writing Lab, Room H-103
- Contact: (619) 388-7879
- Dates of Operation: August 19th to December 16th, Monday through Thursday
- Hours of Operation: 10 am-5 pm, Monday-Thursday
- ATTENTION: Closed on Friday and the weekend
- Writing, English, and grammar support is provided on a drop-in basis. Independent learning, collaboration space, computers, and printing. The tutor availability is on myWCOnline.
- STEM Support, in the STEM Center, Room S6-110
- Contact: (619) 388-7852
- Dates of Operation: August 19th to December 16th, Monday through Friday
- Hours of Operation: 10 am-6 pm, Monday-Thursday; 9 am-3 pm, Friday
- ATTENTION: Closed on the weekend
- STEM support is provided on a drop-in basis. Independent learning, workshops, and printing. The tutor availability is on myWCOnline.
The ASC offers online tutoring via NetTutor and STAR-CA. NetTutor has one-on-one, online meeting, paper drop-off, and question drop-off. STAR-CA has live, drop-in tutoring. Both NetTutor and STAR-CA are on one platform that can be accessed by clicking here (or this link https://sdccd.instructure.com/enroll/MEAEEJ ). You will be taken to a new page titled "Enroll in Miramar Tutoring". Click the "Enroll in Course" button on the right-hand side. Then, you will be on the front page of the Miramar Tutoring Canvas course. Click the "NetTutor" link on the left-hand side menu to access both NetTutor and STAR-CA.
Information #1: The fall 2024 STAR-CA tutoring schedule is found on http://www.star-ca.org/ .
Information #2: In the negotiated agreement between SDCCD and AFT, certain subjects are blacked out on NetTutor from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p..m, Monday through Thursday, from August 19, 2024 to December 16, 2024. Those subjects are listed below. They are not blacked out (but are restricted by their own availability) from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m., Monday through Thursday, and on Friday and the weekend.
Accounting
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Child Development
Computer Science and IT
English and Literature and Writing
Math (Algebra, Basic Math, and Pre-Calculus)
Math (Calculus)
Math (Statistics and Probability)
Physics (Phys 195)
The assignment drop-off service will be available from 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 19, 2024, to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 10, 2024.
When you are using this service, make sure to fill out the required quiz. Provide all the information about your prompt and if it is doable, attach your instructor's directions for your paper.
After submitting a paper, you should expect feedback in 48 hours (turnaround time). Please note that the 48 hours are during our hours of tutoring operation (10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Monday-Thursday). The 48-hour turnaround time does not include Friday and the weekend. A paper submitted on Thursday at noon should be returned to you at noon the following Tuesday.
You can self-enroll in our paper drop-off service via the link below.
For instructors, you are welcome to hold your office/student hours at the ASC. Please e-mail your request to Donnie (dtran@sdccd.edu).
Instructions:
Click here for the tutor application.
E-mail a completed application and college transcript(s) to Donnie Tran at dtran@sdccd.edu . Your transcript(s) must show a letter grade of B or higher in the courses you are interested in tutoring in.
Please do not attach additional attachments. Documents such as letters of recommendation and resumes are not reviewed.
Must have successfully taken ED 100 or its equivalence before applying. You cannot start work until you have ED 100 completed.
Here is what our screening/hiring process entails:
⇒Step 1) Screen applications. Contact reference.
⇒Step 2) Invite qualified applicants for an interview.
⇒Step 3) Offer tutoring position to the successful applicant.
⇒Step 4) Initiate SDCCD new hire paperwork. Among the tasks, the successful applicant needs to get done fingerprinting and TB test and submit on the HR Web site a district's tutor application.
September 2024's Workshops (TBD, please scroll over the linked dates)